Oklahoma 2022 Regular Session

Oklahoma House Bill HB1769 Compare Versions

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28	28	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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30	30	1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
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32	32	HOUSE BILL 1769 By: Dobrinski
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38	38	AS INTRODUCED
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40	40	An Act relating to schools; requiring the Oklahoma
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42	42	dyslexia informational handbook; requ iring annual
43	43	review and necessary revisions of the handbook with
44	44	certain stakeholders; allowing revisions to include
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52	52	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF O KLAHOMA:
53	53	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
54	54	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1210.517 of Title 70, unless
55	55	there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
56	56	A. The Oklahoma State Department of Edu cation shall maintain
57	57	the dyslexia handbook created by the Dyslexia and Education Task
58	58	Force pursuant to Section 1 of Chapter 261 of the 2017 Oklahoma
59	59	Session Laws that includes guidance, technical assistance and
60	60	training to assist all local school systems , students and families
61	61	in the implementation of evidence -based practices for instructing
62	62	students with characteristics of dyslexia.
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89	89	B. The Department shall review the handbook and make revisions
90	90	as necessary on an annual basis with stake holders, including, but
91	91	not limited to, previous members of the Dyslexia and Education Task
92	92	Force and the Oklahoma Advisory Panel created pursuant to Part B of
93	93	the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Previous members
94	94	of the task force shall be consulted when maki ng revisions to the
95	95	handbook. Members of the task force not available for the annual
96	96	review shall be replaced by individual s meeting the criteria of his
97	97	or her original appointee and maintain the original composition of
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99	99	C. Any revisions to the handbook shall include, but not be
100	100	limited to, the following information for local school systems
101	101	screening students in kindergarten and grades one through three who
102	102	have been identified through the response -to-intervention process as
103	103	having characteristics of dyslexia:
104	104	1. Evidence-based practices designed specifically for students
105	105	with characteristics of dyslexia;
106	106	2. Characteristics of targeted instruction for dyslexia;
107	107	3. Guidance on developing instructional plans for students with
108	108	characteristics of dyslexia;
109	109	4. Best practices toward meaning -centered reading and writing;
110	110	5. Developmentally appropriate curricula and engaging
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138	138	6. Structured multisensory approaches to teach language and
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142	142	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021 .
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